| Subject | Re: KMDATEWITHCAL (dUFLP) |
| From | Ken Mayer <dbase@nospam.goldenstag.net> |
| Date | Mon, 19 Mar 2018 07:25:54 -0700 |
| Newsgroups | dbase.getting-started |
On 3/19/2018 7:22 AM, Ken Mayer wrote: > On 3/19/2018 1:25 AM, Mustansir Ghor wrote: >> Dear Ken Sir >> >> I am using kmdatewithcal.cc . An observation is made that once the >> date is updated in the DATEEF by onclick button of calendar it does >> not respond to a any methods like VALID, LOSTFOCUS etc. >> >> Can you advised what can be done to avail these methods > > In the form designer, with valid (this is particularly important), you > need to set validRequired to true, or it won't require that the valid > event handler do anything. > > I did some tinkering (also the next version, when you click a day, the > calendar will collapse/close, not sure why I didn't do that in the first > place). > > Anyway, I tested this with valid, clicked on the entryfield itself in > the designer, selected the valid event in the inspector, and added this > code: > > function DATEEF_valid() > bReturn = false > if this.value == {} or this.value <= date() // less than or equal > to today > bReturn = true > endif > return bReturn > > > I set "validRequired" to true, and set a simple message with > validMessage to "Date out of range". If the date field is empty, or if > it has a date less than or equal to today's date, all is well, focus is > allowed to leave the entryfield, otherwise it forces you back to the > entryfield ... > > Works perfectly. Except that the one problem is -- you can't, with an invalid date, leave the entryfield, and therefore the pushbutton to open the calendar is ineffective ... (This is one reason I don't like using valid ...) Ken -- *Ken Mayer* Ken's dBASE Page: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase The dUFLP: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/index.htm#duflp dBASE Books: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Books/dBASEBooks.htm dBASE Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Tutorial/00_Preface.htm | |